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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Saturday, 5 May 2012

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 25
  2. 28
  3. 29
  4. 37
  5. 42
  6. 18

Jackpot$14,000,000

The crowdHeld 18% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010draw 245 of 1,751 under them

← 2012-05-02All recent draws2012-05-09 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed25 28 29 37 42 + 1829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd65th
  • low1th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

2536times
2818times
2926times
3721times
42

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-05

  • Lines in play≈ 4.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$725.5Kto 177k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 25lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball0 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Mega Ball17%$120.2K
  • Match 329%$212.6K
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball15%$111.7K
  • 5 other tiers39%$281.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball0≈ 0.11 by chance

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30times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

185times

Every number was expected about that many times after 244 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (25, 29, 37) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 October 2011 — its closest relative in 244 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$14,000,000
  • Match 52≈ 2.7 by chance$31,132
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball21≈ 22 by chance$1,482
  • Match 4392≈ 577 by chance$132
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball767≈ 909 by chance$60.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball10,928≈ 12k by chance$11.00
  • Match 319,328≈ 24k by chance$11.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball55,864≈ 59k by chance$2.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball89,849≈ 90k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 392 winners, 32% fewer than the 577 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Mega Ball0$14,000,000
    Match 52$31,132
    Match 4 + Mega Ball21$1,482
    Match 4392$132
    Match 3 + Mega Ball767$60.00
    Match 319,328$11.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball10,928$11.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball55,864$2.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball89,849$1.00
    Totals177,151—